My Horse
There are fifteen days to go until Mum takes me to the stables to meet my horse. I have already got past the first stage:…
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The Trees Swallow People: Part 20
XX We spent the day following a cat. I know that sounds strange, but let’s be honest, we passed strange a long time ago. It…
Mattis’ Monster
The days were long, with burning sunlight on the preschool’s red brick roof and mirror-bright slide and an almost unreal blue sky between the flimsy…
The Trees Swallow People: Part 12
I was sleeping when the bangs echoing across the house finally stirred me. In the blissful, groggy sort of state, where you’re not yet a…
Water Cooler Talk
It was another day in the office, another Wednesday in the middle of a week that seemed to drag on forever. Samnas glanced up at…
Birthdays (Part 3 of 3)
I took my time before going back to her house. It held no interest for me. I’d only lived in it for the last few…
Birthdays (Part 2 of 3)
School became my release, and I excelled in science. When I was thirteen I decided I wanted to be an environmental scientist. I started collecting…
Birthdays (Part 1 of 3)
My mother died on the 17th of July 2019. At least, that’s what I thought then. I stood by her grave, the ever dutiful grieving…
The Midnight Librarians
I. Terry Jervis was awake. He’d begun to doubt he’d ever sleep again. Each time he closed his eyes, his mind conjured up a series…
The Klein Moment
Jimmy Cortez walked out of the third precinct a free man on a Tuesday morning. By Friday night, he’d been reduced to a sack of…